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							PURSUING THANKS
1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18

1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

CIRCUMSTANCES
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ARE NOT ALWAYS THE BEST COULD BE DOWN RIGHT BAD

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BUT, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING WE CAN BE THANKFUL FOR

SHIPWRECKED

PSALM 77:3
“I COMPLAINED AND MY SPIRIT WAS OVERWHELMED.”

PHILIPPIANS 2:13
“For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.”

DARK WORLD

NO-BRAINER
WE WHO KNOW JESUS AS SAVIOR AND LORD HAVE THE GREATEST BLESSING  WE HAVE:
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THE FATHER THE SON THE HOLY SPIRIT

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WE LOVE OUR TOYS WE COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR JOBS WE FIND IT HARD TO GET UP FOR CHURCH

PHILIPPIANS 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

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IS ENTERED WITH AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE IS NOT GIMME, GIMME, GIMME. IS A PRIVILEGE

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PSALM 100
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

COLOSSIANS 1:3
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you

Philippians 4:13
“I can do everything through him who gives me strength.”

EPHESIANS 5:20
“Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”